URBANA — Champaign County Clerk Gordy Hulten will print advisory referendums on City of Champaign Township and Cunningham Township ballots this November despite earlier questions about their appropriateness.

CHAMPAIGN — Bus billboards and a new website have sprung up as the cities of Champaign and Urbana try to inform residents about a ballot question voters will see on the March 20 ballot and the potential savings they could see on their electric bill.

PAXTON — A random drawing will be held to determine the ballot placement of eight candidates for the Ford County Board in the March 2012 Republican primary election.

Four candidates for four open board seats in District 1 and four candidates for four seats in District 2 were among those who showed up early Monday morning at the courthouse in Paxton to file their nominating petitions.